Talented unbeaten featherweight contender and 2008 United States Olympian Gary Russell Jr. and five 2012 U.S. Olympians will be featured on “Night of the Olympians” this Friday, Nov. 9, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.

So what kind of pro careers will the Olympians fighting this Saturday go on to have? Russell, of course, is off to an excellent start. For the others, you’ll have to stay tuned.

Below is ShoBox expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood’s Top 10 list of the U.S. Olympians since 1976 who accomplished the most as professionals:

MILLVILLE, NJ (November 7, 2012)—THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at the New Jersey Motorsports Park, undefeated Jr. Middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna will hope to celebrate his 21st birthday with a win over Erick Hernandez Perez in a scheduled six round bout in the main event of a big night of professional boxing.

LaManna is 9-0 with five knockouts is coming off a six round split decision victory over tough Yolexcy Leiva on August 18th in Atlantic City.
“Perez is a tough fighter and I have seen him”, said LaManna.

“He has just come off a draw with an eighteen fight veteran so I know he is coming to win but I have been training every day and even have gotten some great advice from Bernard Hopkins when I was sparring his nephew Demetrious. I also want to thank my sparring partners Julian Williams, Jesse Hart & Ismael Garcia. I have extra motivation fighting in front of my hometown fans and I expect fireworks.”

“I want to thank Brad Scott and Carolyn Watson of the New Jersey Motorsports Park for giving this event an opportunity.”

Perez of Cancun, Mexico has a record of 2-2-1 with two knockouts and is coming off a four round draw with Daniel Garcia (10-7-1) on September 29th.

Antoine Douglas (1-0, 1 KO) of Burke, VA fights pro debuting Carlos Lopez of New York in a four round Middleweight bout.

Moses Molina (1-1, 1 KO) of Bridgeton, NJ will fight Joshua Nieves (0-2) of New York in a four round Super Featherweight bout.

Tickets for this exciting evening of boxing on November 10th are priced at $125 (VIP which includes a meet and greet with former world champions Steve Cunningham & Ray Mercer); $75 and $50 and can be bought by calling (856) 327-8000 & (856) 899-7273
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